Aims to provide several different kinds of information: a delineation of general metaheuristics methods, a number of articles from a variety of well-known classical application areas as well as an outlook to modern computational methods. This book serves as a reference for people interested in engineering or social sciences. more...

The book is intended for people (graduates, researchers, but also undergraduates with a good mathematical background) involved in the study of (static) optimization problems (in finite-dimensional spaces). It contains a lot of material, from basic tools of convex analysis to optimality conditions for smooth optimization problems, for non smooth optimization... more...

Features surveys of the research areas in combinatorial optimization in the broad sense, ranging from applied graph theory to mathematical programming. This book contains various results and shows many research directions. It is suitable for researchers in combinatorial optimization. more...

This textbook examines a broad range of problems in science and engineering, describing key numerical methods applied to real life. The case studies presented are in such areas as data fitting, vehicle route planning and optimal control, scheduling and resource allocation, sensitivity calculations and worst-case analysis. Among the main topics covered:... more...

Presenting a discipline-independent view of optimization, this book provides opportunities for students to identify and apply algorithms, methods, and tools from the diverse areas of optimization to their own fields. It is intended for a variety of scientists, engineers, researchers, and advanced students interested in applied optimization. more...

At the close of the 1980s, the independent contributions of Yann Brenier, Mike Cullen and John Mather launched a revolution in the venerable field of optimal transport founded by G Monge in the 18th century, which has made breathtaking forays into various other domains of mathematics ever since. The author presents a broad overview of this area. more...